Before there was the Spotted Pig and before the rise of the gastropub, there was Waterfront Ale House. You would never guess from the outside that this Murray Hill saloon (there’s a second location in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill) serves up some amazing grub. A hand-painted sign on the wall self-depracatingly proclaims this pub to be the “Home of Warm Beer, Lousy Food and an Ugly Owner.” But make no mistake about it, the beer is served at the perfect temp, and the food is anything but lousy.

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